{"id":45951,"date":"2026-02-16T11:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=45951"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:32:21","slug":"the-real-reason-kim-min-gee-and-seung-ils-ring-scene-was-removed-from-singles-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/16\/the-real-reason-kim-min-gee-and-seung-ils-ring-scene-was-removed-from-singles-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"The real reason Kim Min-gee and Seung-il&#8217;s ring scene was removed from Single&#8217;s Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/16\/sunghun-posted-a-cosy-pic-with-hee-sun-so-whats-going-on-between-them-after-singles-inferno\/\">Single&#8217;s Inferno<\/a>&#8216;s season five trailer showed us a load of scenes that we all couldn&#8217;t wait to watch unfold. However, several clips from the trailer didn&#8217;t actually make it into the final show, including *that* specific ring flower scene between <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/14\/kim-min-gee-reveals-the-shocking-truth-behind-why-she-and-seung-il-split-after-singles-inferno\/\">Min-gee and Seung-il<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Min-gee&#8217;s nails and Seung-il&#8217;s ring matched up with the flower ring exchange on the trailer, yet we saw zero seconds of it in the actual show. And it turns out they both ended up splitting, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/16\/seung-il-losing-tens-of-thousands-of-followers-after-backlash-from-singles-inferno-reunion\/\">revealed at the reunion<\/a>, with Min-gee revealing he&#8217;d ghosted her afterwards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SinglesInferno\/comments\/1qv8buh\/the_flower_ring_scene_is_mingee_and_seungil\/\">The flower ring scene is Mingee and Seungil<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/No-Cucumber7212\/\">u\/No-Cucumber7212<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SinglesInferno\/\">SinglesInferno<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>They didn&#8217;t include the pool scene between them, where they flirted like mad, and apparently, this was all staged specifically to fix co-star Mina Sue&#8217;s public image, which undermined her rival, <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/02\/13\/it-looks-like-kim-min-gee-and-seung-il-ended-things-pretty-badly-after-singles-inferno\/\">Kim Min-gee<\/a>, with little to no screen time towards the end.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script>\u00a0However, the real theory behind why Min-gee and Seung-il&#8217;s scenes were cut all comes down to how they ended, and it&#8217;s believed production wanted to protect her feelings. It\u2019s important to note this is all speculation, and purely based on one person\u2019s alleged account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUr1X6JkhOd\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUr1X6JkhOd\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by \uae40\ubbfc\uc9c0 KIMMINGEE\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 (@arb0r_day)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis was a strategic move to show a different side of her [Mina Sue&#8217;s] character and repair her image. By episode 8, her reputation among the cast was damaged. Her agent recognised she needed to change course, and production made changes,\u201d a source alleged.<\/p>\n<p>One person wrote: &#8220;Imagine if they showed Min-gee tying a flower ring on Seung-il\u2019s finger, them walking together like a couple hand in hand and Min-gee saying \u201cI\u2019m actually in love\u201d and \u201cI think we might actually date\u201d only for the reunion to show that they\u2019re not dating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wasn&#8217;t the only clip that got 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